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Oxford, Cambridge Top Global University Rankings

Long-dominant U.S. schools facing stiffer competition from overseas

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Erica Snow

Sept. 26, 2018 9:01 a.m. ET

The U.K.’s University of Oxford and University of Cambridge took the top two spots for a second time in a global university ranking, with long-dominant U.S. schools mostly stagnating against international competitors.

The California Institute of Technology, which placed first in recent years, slipped to fifth from third last year, according to Times Higher Education’s 2019 global university rankings released Wednesday. American schools claimed seven of the top 10 spots in the rankings that rely partly on academic citations...